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This Tile Floor Is My DIY Kryptonite

June 20, 2011 15 Comments

You may remember the last time I had anything to say about the tile floor in the master bathroom it was something along the lines

How To Cope: Baseboard, That Is

June 15, 2011 16 Comments

Here’s a hint, unlike the other kind of coping you do when you spend a year living in a garage, this one doesn’t involve alcohol

Assembling a Corner Sink Base Cabinet

June 2, 2011 15 Comments

Making an impromptu decision to install the kitchen cabinets last weekend was one of the most fun and satisfying projects that has been tackled in

How To Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Vanity

May 31, 2011 94 Comments

I think the most important thing on the list of stuff you need to build a vanity is the pervasive belief that you can, in

Concrete Bathroom Counters: In Progress

May 25, 2011 7 Comments

After yesterday’s teaser, I figured I better let you have an in-progress look at the counters. I decided to give concrete a try because I

Two. Tiles. Short.

May 23, 2011 14 Comments

Bloody fingers. Broken tiles. Unfinished bathrooms. These are things you don’t see on HGTV. Sometimes you don’t even see them on websites of real people

Tile 101: How To Install SunTouch WarmWire Radiant Floor Heat

May 16, 2011 16 Comments

The cat and I both agree, there’s not a whole that can compare with walking barefoot into your bathroom and feeling a toasty warm floor

Weeknight Tile Project: Vanity Top

May 12, 2011 24 Comments

I think normal people use the hours between work and sleeping to do things like cook dinner, fold laundry, watch TV. I like to rush

How Not To Kill Your Significant Other With a Shim

May 10, 2011 7 Comments

Even though we managed to keep up a pretty steady stream of work for the last 12 months, about two weeks ago back-orders, extended delivery

Tile 101: Installing Durock Tile Membrane

May 4, 2011 11 Comments

Getting the underlayment for a tile floor down may seem like a small achievement, but let’s just say that when you’re going on month twelve

Future Mantle & Table Top

April 29, 2011 7 Comments

When we were in Texas this time last year, we made one of the greatest finds for the new house to date, which was promptly

How To Create a Rustic White Wood Wall

April 12, 2011 5 Comments

So far the rustic white wood trim on these bathroom walls has been the easiest project of the house to tackle. With much less effort

Joinery 101: Making Dowel Joints

March 29, 2011 23 Comments

As much as I love all things relating to sawdust, for a long time my experience in joining two pieces of wood together was limited

Adventures In Cabinet Making

March 21, 2011 6 Comments

I never thought I’d reach a point where my cabinet-making skills would be the sole determining factor in whether or not I get to take

A DIY Photoset: Rustic Window Trim

March 14, 2011 4 Comments

If you consider that I only have one window out of fourteen trimmed, my prospects of ever not living in a garage begin to look

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THE STORYTELLER

Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.

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